Chapter 2: Betrayal (4I)
Under the strong pressure of the officials and troops, Hebei Qunhao, who had never looked at each other and had never looked at each other, formed an alliance as quickly as possible. This is simply a dream of several generations of green forest heroes to achieve their wishes, but Gao Shida, the chief scoop of the green forest in Hebei Province, who got his wish, did not have any joy on his face. In fact, he has been very depressed lately, and he can't wait to find someone to fight every moment. But at the moment of the great enemy, he had to maintain the apparent unity of the entire alliance, so as not to be exploited by the officials and soldiers.
The reason why Gao Shida was depressed was not because the Hebei ambassador Wei Ji and Qinghe County Cheng Yang Shanhui led the soldiers and horses to stab him in the ass. In the past few years, in the two counties of Qinghe and Pingyuan in the southern part of Hebei Province, the fighting between the official army and the rebel army has never stopped. What kind of temper the main generals on both sides are, and who has the most skills under them, they all have a clear understanding of each other. Gao Shida's good brother Dou Jiande, who stayed in the nest to take care of the house, could completely cope with it, and with his familiarity with the shape, he even had absolute certainty that Wei and Yang would not be able to steal chickens and lose a handful of rice.
Judging from the news sent by the minions in the past two days, Dou Jiande has indeed lived up to his trust. He first sent a small number of people to disguise themselves as old battalion soldiers and horses, and led the officers and soldiers to surround the high chickens. Then he jumped out of the battlefield with elite soldiers and attacked the city in the gap between the negligence of the official army's defense. The war was extended from the Qinghe River and the plains to Jijun in the west and the Bohai Sea in the east, causing the entire road on the north bank of the Yellow River to be cut off by rebels and displaced people.
The reason for Gao Shida's depression was not due to Zhao Wanhai's killing. On the contrary, he was deeply glad for the end of Zhao Wanhai's swift demise. If Zhao Da is not dead, as the nominal chief of the green forest in Hebei Province, Gao Shida has the responsibility to save people. And Zhao Wanhai's army was wiped out before the reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, and Gao Shida was much more calm in the choice of combat plan. At least there is no longer a need to pay thousands of brothers to rescue the disabled Zhao Boss.
What makes Gao Shida depressed is the attitude of the people of Hebei towards the heroes of the green forest. As early as a year ago, whether it was the rebel army under his tall command or the horse thieves under Yang Gongqing, as long as he stood among the destitute people and shouted, "Go with Lao Tzu to rob the official treasury!" "It will definitely be able to bring up tens of thousands of displaced people who do not cost any military salaries. Although these homeless people are in poor health and have not undergone any formal training, they have never lacked the courage to fight with others. After several major battles, through natural elimination, they can be eliminated and turned into a group of elites who are feared by the officers and soldiers. Therefore, heroes from all walks of life have never worried about the problem of soldiers, even if they are occasionally defeated, as long as they can escape from the pursuit of officers and soldiers, they can make a comeback in less than two years.
But now, Gao Shida has integrated the power of more than a dozen heroes, and he has barely made up 200,000 minions. Although it is claimed to be 400,000 to the outside world, in fact, there are only more than 100,000 people who can really go into battle and fight with the officers and soldiers, and the rest are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and can only take on the task of pretending to be a force. The owners of the village and the castle who came to the alliance were very depressed and complained, saying that now the people's hearts are at peace, and the people would rather go hungry to the dog official surnamed Li to reclaim the famine, rather than follow the big bosses to eat and drink spicy food.
And the reason why the dog official surnamed Li has so many ownerless wastes in his hands is because of the blessings of the heroes of the green forest. If it weren't for the heroes who have been wanton in the past few years, breaking through the dock forts and manors outside the city walls, and killing those old thieves without leaving anyone behind, where would the surnamed Li find so many ownerless wasteland? Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the surnamed Li can find a barren field and come out, there is no threat from the heroes, how can the wealthy families in the city obey him so easily?
But the dog official surnamed Li will not read the benefits of the heroes of the green forest, and the people who have been allocated to the soil will not read it either. On the contrary, over the past year or so, the government's reputation has rapidly improved with the issuance of decrees by the surname Li. And even if he Gao Shida wanted to learn from Li Gouguan's model and distribute the barren land near Gaojibo to the people for reclamation, the people didn't believe in his credibility!
These frightened people would rather go over the mountains and mountains to Zhaojun, Boling, and Shanggu, and thank them to get the big cake drawn by Li Gouguan, rather than accept the real gift from the tall master. Gao Shida's good brother Dou Jiande spent countless efforts, and even did not hesitate to execute the minions who harassed the people in public, showing everyone that they sincerely wanted to lead everyone to live a normal life, but the effect was minimal.
In the eyes of such people, no matter how prosperous the heroes of the green forest are, they are just bandits after all. And even if Li Zhongjian is so poor that he becomes a flower child, as long as the official hat on his head is there, he is still a savior in the eyes of people. "Lord Li is a benevolent and righteous good official, and he never kills innocents indiscriminately!" "Master Li is a clean official and never accepts bribes!" Gao Shida heard the minions below talk countless times, although these minions knew that the surname Li was the enemy of the group, and they knew that the two sides would soon have a life-and-death showdown on the battlefield.
Before the battle, they had already lost their momentum, and this situation made Gao Shida, Wang Bo and others worried. But if he retracts back to his lair without waiting for the smoke and dust raised by the opponent's war horse, Hebei Green Forest will never want to unite again in the future. In this battle, the heroes of the green forest have to fight whether they want to fight or not, and at least they must be invincible and undefeated, so as to avoid the fate of being blocked by people and eliminated one by one.
After entering Hejian County, Gao Shida led the three-way army to first break through Raoyang, which was empty in defense. Then, before the official army arrived, they occupied a projectile on the bank of the Hutuo River called Wupu County. The county order and county Cheng of Wupu were killed alive by Zhang Jin the year before last, and because of the small square and poor public security, the officials officially appointed by the imperial court have refused to take up their posts for two years. The few remaining big surnames had no choice, so they had to publicly recommend a scholar with a surname to come out to temporarily inspect the post of county order. Hearing that the heroes of the green forest were calling, Shi County Ling did not dare to resist, and obediently opened the door to welcome the surrender.
The bloodless result of the first battle greatly boosted the morale of the coalition army, and Gao Shida, Wang Bo, Yang Gongqing, Ge Qian and others all thought that this was a good omen, indicating that the officers and troops were invincible in this attack. But in the next tactical arrangement, the four powerful leaders clashed. Yang Gongqing insisted that the soldiers and horses of the three roads march together, twenty miles away from each other, echoing each other in a character shape. If you hear that any of the men and horses have encountered the officers and soldiers, the other two will immediately surround them, and the killing officers and soldiers will not be able to care about each other. If the official army passively avoids the battle, everyone will take advantage of the situation to break the Hejian county town, kill the prestige of the government, and then leave.
"Hejian County has just been raised after the spring is busy, and it is difficult to win it within half a month. And the two officers and armies have half a month of repair time, which is enough to recover! Wang Bo disagreed with Yang Gongqing's opinion. He has read books, and he boasts that he is superior in knowledge, but his luck is really a little bad, he went out the year before last and met Zhang Xutuo, and was chased all the way from Henan to Hebei, and his reputation suddenly fell to the bottom. So this time, I had to watch Gao Shida sit under the ass of the head of the green forest in Hebei Province, and he himself was in second place.
"Look, everyone, this is Hutuo Shui, Baima Slope is here!" took out a crumpled sheepskin from his sleeve, Wang Bo pointed to the countless twisting ink lines on it, "There is a small stream in the middle, called the Pigpen River, I just asked the county order, he said that this year's autumn flood has just passed, the water level of the Pigpen River and Hutuo Water has skyrocketed, and people and horses cannot swim across, so Zhao Da's family was blocked in the Baima Slope on the east bank, and he lost his life in vain!" ”
None of the leaders here could read the map (Note 1), but from the arrogant appearance of Wang Bo's foaming stars, they knew that he was introducing the shape of Hejian County. Hutuo water runs through half of Hebei, so everyone knows the ferocious appearance of this river when the autumn flood comes. But the Pigpen River is a little-known stream, and no one knows what Wang Bo is doing when he mentions it.
Wang Bo saw that everyone's eyes were attracted to him, and a wave of pride surged in his heart, "So I suggest!" He spread out the map vigorously, holding down the upper right corner with one finger, "Taking advantage of the opportunity when the official army can't cross the river immediately to meet the battle, leave a road of soldiers and horses to bluff in Wupu County to attract the attention of Yang and Li." The other two roads detoured to the east and west, and the east road went north along the Yongji Canal, and went straight to Lucheng to attack Yang Yichen's lair. "West Road," he quickly swiped his finger to the left, "go west along the Mudaogou of the small tributary of the Hutuo River, and go to Sui Chang in Boling County." It was the Tuntian place that Li Thief had worked hard to run for a year, and he was definitely reluctant to let us rob it by temperament! ”
Even if he doesn't like Wang Bo's big boss Geqian, he has to admit that the other party has a clever plan. Grabbing a vote and leaving is what everyone is good at, and Wang Bo's strategy just brought the advantages of the coalition to the extreme. The city of Sui Changcheng is sandwiched between Mudaogou and another important tributary of the Hutuo River, and the county is surrounded by good fields that can be watered. During the peaceful years, the surrounding people never worried about the drought. The dog official surnamed Li organized the people to cultivate the fertile soil between the two rivers for a whole year, and this year is the wind and rain, as long as Sui Changlai is laid, the newly harvested autumn grain is enough for the 100,000 army to eat.
As for Lucheng on the east bank of the Yongji Canal, it was a good way for Yang Yichen to hoard supplies and baggage. Now the main force of the Yang Department is also blocked by the autumn flood on the west bank of the Hutuo River, as long as the speed of the person who does it is fast enough, it is guaranteed to make a lot of money.
"Chishiro is so generous!" Gao Shida saw that everyone had a look of eagerness on their faces, and laughed and praised. Since you have made a general scoop handle, you must have the mind of a total scoop handle. Therefore, he repeatedly told himself in his heart that he couldn't mind being robbed of the limelight by others, "But didn't you just say that the Hutuo River cannot be crossed, since we are going to attack Sui Changcheng, how can our army fly through this troubled water?" ”
"That's right, Mudaogou is on the west bank, but we're all on the east bank now!" The heroes woke up from their dreams in an instant and asked questions.
"What is the use of the Pig Penn River, you haven't said yet?"
As if he had expected the reaction of Gao Shida and the others, Wang Bo smiled lightly, revealing a calm and calm face, "From here!" Thaksin pointed to Raoyang County, which had been left behind by everyone, "There is a gravel beach fifteen miles southwest of Raoyang City, where the Hutuo water has not yet intersected with the wooden knife and the water, and the water volume is only half of the main river. The people tied the raft with sheepskin, and they could cross it without knowing it. After crossing the river, turn to the north is the wooden knife ditch, and the narrowest part of the upstream of the ditch is less than three zhang. Just cut down two trees and you can build a wooden bridge! ”
He paused, enjoying the admiration in everyone's eyes, "If the officers and soldiers want to cross the Hutuo River, they must first cross the Pigpen River." We send more people to watch, and there is enough time to provide alerts to our own people! ”
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